Parcel-carrier.



G. BULLOCK.

PARCEL CARRIER.

APPLICANON F|LED1uNE27,i914.

Patented J an. ll, 1916.

xsm PLANOGRAPH Co., WA

GEORGE BULLOCK, 0F GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO.

PARCEL-CARRER.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. ft, i916.

Application :filed .Tune 27, 1914. Serial No. 847,596.

To all fio/0m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE BULLOGK, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Grand Junction, county of Mesa, and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Farcel-Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

rhis invention relates to a. device for carrying various kinds of parcels or objects.

ln the embodiment in which l have chosen to illustrate the features of iny present invention there is a combined handle and strap or band holding-member fornied in a single piece and comprising a handle part in suoli position to the remaining portions of the device that it niay be readily engaged inanually, and strap or band retaining-means in connection with said handle whereby a ninnber of straps or bands inay be held in position upon the parcels or objects to be carried.

lVhile l have chosen to illustrate the handle in integral connection with the strap or band retaining parts it will be obvious that the connection inay be otherwise effected, so that it will be understood that in illustrating and describing the preferred embodiinent or forni of the invention, l do not restrict inyself to identical features nor do I exclude fron'i the scope of iny invention, as set forth in the appended clainis, such fariations and modifications in the construction and arrangement of parts as constitute equivalent structures.

@ne object of the invention is to provide a device for carrying parcels and the like comprising a nuinber of straps or bands adapted to be secured around the parcels or objectsI` in combination with a handle supported at a suitable distance froin the parcel being carried, so thatthe handle inay be readily engaged manually, and provided with ineans whereby the straps or bands per- 1n anently engage the handle so as to hold the handle in connection with the parcel. This construction involves the elimination of a special base to which the ends of the handle are secured, since there is at each end of the handle a device for engaging with a strap or band so that the usual'base is unnecessary.

Other objects and advantages of Vthe invention will be apparent from the. following description, reference being niade to the accompanying drawing in which l have illustrated the construction and sonic of the uses of the preferred forni of the invention. and in whichn l Figure l is a top or plan view ofthe handle and strap engaging incans in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partially in section illustrating the structure and formation of the device when the handle is coinposed of sheet inetal. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device applied to use for carrying a nunibcr of volumes, the straps passing around the superposed volumes in different directions to prevent slipping thereof. F ig.Y el is a'perspective view of the device in connection with a roll of fabric, such as a blanket, and illustrating` two straps passing around the roll, thenthird strap, employed in connection with the separate objects as illustrated in Fig. being unnecessary in the latter instance.fr l

.lllhen tl handle is composed of a single piece of sheet metal in connection with the strap engaging portions at the opposite ends thereof, said integral structure includes a handle ineinber l having its side edges bent or pressed to provide upturned rounded side portions so as to provide an elongated handle portion which is rounded or arcuate in cross section. lt will be understood that the rounded surface of the handle thus formed is at the under side` against which the hand is engaged. The two ends of the handle portion l are curved downi Tlardly so that the handle, viewed in side elevation, is substantially in the forni of an arch. Each end of the handle includes a fiat portion 2, the side portions 2 being in the saine, or substantially the saine, plane and being of such area that the straps inay pass thereover and engage therewith so as to hold the handle in connection with the parcel.

ln the embodiment shown the device formed froin a sheet inetal blank in whiclf the base portions 2 are integral with the handle l and in each of said base portions there are formed two parallel slots 3 adapted to receive the straps -l which pass around the parcel transversely of the handle. This arrangement permanently holds the straps -l in connection with the base portions 2 and prevents the handle froin becoining disconnected or detached from the parcels. In carrying objects or articles of the type illustrated in Fig. il, for instance, only two straps or bands are necessary and these encircle the object in the manner shown. In carrying numbers of separate objects or articles, such for instance, as books, it is preferable to employ the two straps 4 which pass around the article transversely of the plane of the handle and also to employ an additional strap 5 which passes around the articles transversely of the straps 4 and parallel with the plane of the handle, in order to prevent any vof the articles from becoming separated.

In order` to hold the strap 5 in its proper position and to engage said strap with the handle, I have provided a slot 6, adjacent to each of the base portions 2, through which the strap may be passed, as illustrated in Figs. l and 2. The strap 5, passing through the slots G, may extend over the straps 4 and between the 11p-turned projections 7 at the outer ends of the base portions 2. The projections, being at each side of the strap 5, will prevent lateral movement of said strap at the outer extremities of the base portions 2, thereby holding the different parts in proper relative adjustment.

It will be understood that when the strap 5 is not needed, as for instance in carrying articles of the type illustrated in Fig. 4, said strap may be detached or withdrawn and may be replaced at will, or whenever separable objects are to be carried.

It will be understood that I do not restrict myself to specific features other than as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a handle portion, a downwardly curved portion at each end of said handle portion provided with a horizontal transverse slot adapted to receive a strap passing therethrough longitudinally under said handle, and an outwardly extending base portion integral with each of said curved portions below said slots and the longitudinal strap passing therethrough.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a handle portion, a downwardly curved portion at each end of said handle portion, each of said curved portions being provided with a horizontal slot adapted to receive a strap passing therethrough longitudinally under said handle, a base portion extending outwardly from each of said curved portions below said slots and provided with parallel slots adapted to receive a strap passing transversely over said base portions.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a sheet metal section including two base portions at the ends thereof having slots for straps, an integral handle rising from said base portions and having its Copies of this patent may be obtained for side edges curved to form a rounded under surface, and means whereby a strap may be retained in position on said base portions longitudinally under said handle.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a section of sheet metal having two base portions at the ends thereof provided with parallel slots arranged to receive straps passing transversely of said base portions, said section of sheet metal being bent to form a handle rising from said base portions and having slots therein adjacent to said base portions arranged to receive a strap passing through said slots and longitudinally under said handle, and upwardly curved edge portions on said handle forming a rounded under surface.v

5. A device of the character described, comprising a section of sheet metal bent to form two base portions at the ends of said section in substantially the same plane and to form a handle rising from said base portions, the side edges of said handle being bent to provide a rounded under surface for said handle, means for holding straps passing transversely of said base portions at the ends of said handle, and means for holding a strap passing longitudinally of said base portions under said handle.

6. A parcel carrier comprising a handle vcomposed of sheet metal having upwardly bent side edges forming a rounded under surface and the ends of said handle being extended downwardly, flat base portions integral with the extended portions of said handle and having slots arranged to receive straps passing transversely over said base portions and having slots arranged to receive a strap passing longitudinally over said base portions and under said handle, and upturned projections at the ends of said base portions for the purpose described.

7 A parcel carrier, comprising a handle composed of sheet metal having upwardly bent side edgesforming a rounded under surface and a depressed upper surface, the ends of said handle being bent downwardly, flat base portions integral with the downwardly bent portions of said handle and each having a transverse slot arranged to receive a strap passing longitudinally over said base portions and under said handle, and means for preventing lateral movement of the strap with respect to said base portions.

In witness whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE BULLUCK.

Witnesses:

L. L. MORRISON, E. PERKINS.

veicents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

